Assembly track and assorter



June 19, 1945` N. v. KUEHLMAN l ASSEMBLY TRACK AND ASSOBTER Filed Aug. 25, 1942y Arm/mmv;

Pat'ented June 19, `1.945

i 2.378.711 f ASSEMBLY 'rmloky AND v Norman v. Kehiman, Milv'vakawis., assignor' 2:1-, to The National LockfgWasher-qCompany, Newark, N. J., a corporationof/New Jersey f i Original application July 10, 1941, .Serial No. 401,804. Divided and this application August 25, 1942, Serial No. 456,042

Claims.

This is a division of myapplicationvS'er. No. 401,804. The invention described and claimed herein is for a bolt blank and washer assembly track and assorter adapted to convey the assembled bolt blank and Washer away from an as- 1 sembly mechanism and reject misaligned or imf properly proportioned or sized assemblies before I i delivering them to a suitable storage space, y

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an assembly'mechanism and a track for conveying the assembled blank and washer away from said mechanism.`

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an assembly.

mechanism and the track for conveying the assembled devices away from said mechanism.

The assembly mechanism shown inthe drawing is described in detail' in my application referred to above. It consists of a wheel 3 mounted f on a suitable axle 80 by which it is designed to be rotated. Wheel 3 has projecting from it a D111- rality of lugs 95. l

Cooperating with wheel 3 rand surrounding a y greatpart of the periphery thereof is a double track 96 made up of parallel flat plates 91 and As the assembly blanks and Washer leave the assembly wheel, they fall onto a discharge track |02 formed as a continuation of the tracks around which the blank and the Washer are moved by f wheel 3. Track |02 is made up of a pair of rails to tracks |03 and |04 and with an edge |01 which is arranged parallel to track |04 and So spaced therefrom as'to engage the side of the head of a v blank B upon which a lock washer has been properly assembled as said blank and lock washer slide along track |04. Plate |06 is raised far enough above thetop of track |04 so that, if a blank without any washer passes down along the discharge track |02 it will pass under the edge |01 98. These are spaced apart a little more than the thickness of the shank of a bolt blank. An outside assembly track |0| surrounds the arcuate 'Y track 96 and is also made up of a pairof parallel flat plates spaced apart suiilciently to accommodate the shank of ya bolt blank therebetween. The bolt blanks iiow by gravity along track 66 to the assembly device; They are picked up by lugs 95 on revolving wheel 3 a'sit moves in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in the iigures, andthe space between the revolving Wheel 3 andthe arcuatetracks 96 is just suflicient to accommodate vthehead of the bolt blank, with the result that the blank projects in a radial direction from the assembly wheel.

The washer track is shown at 36.' The washers are moved downalong this track under the spring of the plate |06 and,rwhen it reaches the gap |05, such 'blank will have no support on one side thereof-and will fall out through the gap |05 to be discarded. If, on the other hand, a blank has a washer underneath the head thereof, the head will be raised suiciently so that plate |06 will engage the side of the head and, in cooperation with track |04, will support the assembly until it has passed beyond the gap |05.

58 and as the end of a bolt b-lank B comes up under a washer it will enter the same and carry In order to facilitate the discharge of blanks having no washers thereon through gap |05, a flat spring |06 aids in pushing the assemblies or ,bolt blanks out through gap |05. :A curved plate |08' offers a slanting surface to a blank without a washer as it drops from the discharge track, to facilitate the disposal thereof through gap |05. A top rail |08 holds and guides the assemblies as they slide down the discharge track to whatever receptacle is designed to receive it.

While I have shown the invention as' embodied in a specific form, it is to be understood that various changes in details may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as dened by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, an inclinedk track having a pair of spaced rails arranged to support on the tops thereof a washer and blank assembly, with the washerand head of the blank above the rails, and the shank of the blank between the rails, one of said rails having a' gap therein through which the shank of a blank may pass, spring means opposite the said gap and adapted to engage the blank head of an assembly passing along said track, and a member positioned above said gap and having a surface extending parallel with the path of travel of an assembly along the top of said rails and spaced therefrom a distance more than the thickness of the head of a blank and adapted to engage the side of the head of a, blank which has a Washer thereunder so as to support said assembly as it moves past said gap along said rails and to permit a blank which has no washer thereon to be forced out through said gap by said spring.

2. In a device of the character described, a track having a pair of spaced rails arranged to support on the tops thereof a washer and blank assembly, with the shank of the blank'between the rails, said rails being, inclined to the vertical and the lowermost rail having a gap therein through which the shank of the blank may pass, a member having a surface extending parallel with said lowermost rail and across said gap and positioned above the top of said lowermost rail so as to engage the side of the head of the blank of an assembly, but high enough above said rail .to permit the head of a blank which has no Y sure on a blank or an assembly as they pass said gap and to force the former through said gap.

NORMAN V. KUEHLMAN. 

